Tennessee Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because Tennessee political boundaries often changed, historic maps are critical in helping you discover the precise location of your ancestor’s hometown, what land they owned, who their neighbors were, and more.
Tennessee County Formation Map
Tennessee Antique Maps & Atlases
See U.S. State & County Boundary Maps and Antique Atlases to view free map images of antique maps & atlases maps during the years 1732 to 1897 for the entire United States as well as other states and countries.
These are scanned from the original copies so you can see Tennessee and Tennessee counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Tennessee maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Tennessee.
- 1795 Map of Tennessee
- 1804 Tennessee Atlas Map
- 1814 Atlas Map of Tennessee
- 1822 Geographical, Historical, And Statistical Atlas Map Of Tennessee
- 1827 Map of Kentucky and Tennessee,
- 1836 A New Atlas Map Of Tennessee With Its Roads & Distances from place to place, along the Stage & Steam Boat Routes (with) two inset maps: Environs of Nashville … of Knoxville
- 1845 Kentucky and Tennessee Map
- 1856 Kentucky and Tennessee Map
- 1880 County map of Kentucky and Tennessee
Tennessee County D.O.T. Road and Highway Maps
The Tennessee Department of Transportation is pleased to provide highly detailed county maps online. These maps contain more detailed information about man-made features than the geological survey maps. In addition to roads and boundaries, these maps include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.
Our county map images have been cropped to better fit your screen. To view a map, click the desired county section below.
To save a copy on your computer, while viewing the PDF image, click the
diskette icon on your toolbar, then save to the desired location on your computer.
(note: some counties have up to five (5) sections)
To View the Map: Just click the Image to view the map online. In order to make the Image size as small as possible they were save on the lowest resolution.
Tennessee Map Description & Links
- Tennessee Digital Map Library (usgwarchives.net)
- Tennessee Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers (ancestry.com) Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because political boundaries often changed, historic maps are critical in helping you discover the precise location of your ancestor’s hometown, what land they owned, who their neighbors were, and more.
- Tennessee Maps (lib.utexas.edu) The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
- U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 (ancestry.com)
- Historical Maps of Tennessee (alabamamaps.ua.edu)
- Tennessee Maps Description (ancestry.com) from Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
- Tennessee Map Books (amazon.com)
